Strathmore railway station

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Strathmore
PTV commuter rail station
Strathmore Station (1).jpg
Southbound view from Platform 2 in May 2019
LocationAmelia Avenue,
Essendon, Victoria 3040
City of Moonee Valley
Australia
Coordinates37°44′37″S 144°55′39″E / 37.7436°S 144.9274°E / -37.7436; 144.9274Coordinates: 37°44′37″S 144°55′39″E / 37.7436°S 144.9274°E / -37.7436; 144.9274
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Craigieburn
Distance9.79 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking80
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Unstaffed
Station codeSME
Fare zoneMyki Zone 1
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened28 October 1890; 131 years ago (1890-10-28)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(September 1921)
Previous namesNorth Essendon (1890-1955)
Passengers
2008-20090.347 million[1]
2009-20110.371 million[1]
2011-20120.343 million[1]
2012-2013Not measured[1]
2013-20140.363 million[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Glenbervie
towards Flinders Street
 Craigieburn line Pascoe Vale
towards Craigieburn

Strathmore railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Essendon, and it opened on 28 October 1890 as North Essendon. It was renamed Strathmore on 1 March 1955.[2]

The station, like the suburb itself, was named after a Presbyterian church which opened in 1936. The church was named by local settler Thomas Napier, who had a property named Rosebank in the area. The Strathmore name comes from a valley in Scotland, near where Napier was born.[3]

The railway beyond the site of Strathmore station opened in 1872, as part of the North East line to School House Lane.[4]

Located at the point where the original Sydney Road (now Pascoe Vale Road) crossed the railway line via a level crossing, it was one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in Melbourne, until grade separation works commenced in 1961. The first two lanes opened in 1963, with two more opening in 1964.[4]

A number of signals at the station were abolished in 1965, in conjunction with the replacement of Double Line Block signalling with three position signalling between Broadmeadows and Essendon stations.[2]

Platforms and services[]

Strathmore has two side platforms. It is serviced by Metro Trains' Craigieburn line services.[5]

Platform 1:

Platform 2:

Transport links[]

Kastoria Bus Lines operates one route via Strathmore station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  469 : Moonee Ponds Junction – Keilor East[6]

Moreland Buslines operates one route to and from Strathmore station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Train Station Patronage FY2008-2014". Public Transport Victoria. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. (access from [1] Archived 3 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. ^ a b Strathmore Vicsig
  3. ^ Strathmore Victorian Places
  4. ^ a b Turton, Keith W (1973). Six And A Half Inches From Destiny. The first hundred years of the Melbourne-Wodonga Railway 1873-1973. Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 87. ISBN 0-85849-012-9.
  5. ^ "Craigieburn Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  6. ^ "512 Strathmore - East Coburg via Pascoe Vale South & Coburg West & Coburg". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. ^ "512 Strathmore - East Coburg via Pascoe Vale South & Coburg West & Coburg". Public Transport Victoria.

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